Simona Ognjanovic, Ph.D. - University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview

University of Minnesota Children's Hospital

University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview

MAPS AND DRIVING DIRECTIONS

Phone (toll-free):
888-KIDS-UMN
(888-543-7866)

UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

Street Address:
500 Harvard Street
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Mailing Address:
420 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

RIVERSIDE CAMPUS

Street Address:
2312 S 6th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55454

Mailing Address:
2450 Riverside Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55454

University of Minnesota
Physicians

Simona Ognjanovic, Ph.D.

All Specialties:

For Health Care Professionals 24-Hour Consultations and Admissions: Toll-free, 888-KIDS-UMN (888-543-7866)

For Parents/Patients Clinic Appointments (M-F, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.): Toll-free, 888-KIDS-UMN (888-543-7866)

University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview Position(s)
Epidemiology

Other Related Positions Currently Held
Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota

Sees Patients At
- University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview

Education
Medical School
University of Hawaii (Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences)

Site of Fellowship
University of Hawaii (Molecular Cancer Epidemiology)

Awards & Honors
2004-2005, Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare
2005-2006, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering

Research Interest(s)
Role of Adipokines and Inflammatory Cytokines in Etiology of Childhood Cancer and other Pediatric Diseases

Selected Recent Publications
Ognjanovic S, Bao S, Yamamoto SY, Garibay-Tupas J, Samal B, Bryant-Greenwood GD: Genomic organization of the gene coding for human pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor (PBEF) and expression in the human fetal membranes. J Mol Endocrinol 2001; 26:107-17.

Ognjanovic S, Bryant-Greenwood GD: PBEF. J Leukoc Biol Supplement 2001; 14.

Ognjanovic S, Bryant-Greenwood GD: Pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor (PBEF) and interleukin-8 relationships in the human fetal membranes. J Soc Gynecol Invest 2002; 9(S):228A.

Ognjanovic S: Pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor, a novel cytokine of the human fetal membranes. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Hawaii, 2002.

Ognjanovic S, Bryant-Greenwood GD: Pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor (PBEF), a novel cytokine of the human fetal membranes. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2002; 187:1051-8.

Pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor (PBEF): a key player in the initiation of labor. J Soc Gynecol Invest 2003; 10:202A-203A.

Pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor (PBEF) induces growth of the human fetal membranes via upregulation of a cyclin-dependant kinase and AP-1. J Soc Gynecol Invest 2003; 10:339A.

Ognjanovic S, Tashima LS, Bryant-Greenwood GD: Pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor (PBEF): a missing link in parturition. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003; 189:1187-95.

Ognjanovic S, Ku TL, Bryant-Greenwood GD: Pre-B-cell colony enhancing factor (PBEF) is a secreted cytokine-like protein from the human amniotic epithelium. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2005; 193:273-82.

Nowell MA, Richards PJ, Fielding CA, Ognjanovic S, Topley N, Williams AS, Bryant-Greenwood G, Jones SA: Regulation of pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor (PBEF) by STAT3-dependent IL-6 trans-signaling: implications in pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum, in press.